Micah T

I hover everything but the putter: I’ve noticed my ball-striking has improved since I adopted this. (but my swing overall is much better) My putter stroke starts with a slight forward press, so I ground it before.

Me too: they reminded me of the taylormade burners : they were awesome and I had zero complaints once I re-gripped them...

I use the Callaway 3 pack gloves from Costco to practice: I play in a GFore or a Titleist

Have you tried Pine meadow golf? I got my first set from them off amazon 5 years ago (lefty set is $189) and I broke 80 with them. Just gifted them to my brother in law when he caught the golf bug. Obviously they won’t be fitted, but you’re only out -$200 if he quits... but he’ll still need a putter. when my wife started playing, I got her a top flight set from Dicks ( she’s a lefty) just in case she quit: 2 months later she spent $200 on an odyssey putter and last year dropped $1200 on a set of Taylormade. Point is, once he’s hooked/improved you can spend the money to get a fitted set.

Agreed: having a minimum 250 carry is the first of a few requirements: if you don’t usually break 80 you’re doing yourself no favors back there. I play back tips at my 3 home muni’s because it makes the hazards unreachable for me: when I’m somewhere new it’s always the intermediate tees, as I’m a 7 and not a scratch...

I do: I like being able to make full swings 160 -90 yards in. I think I’m in the minority, but I’m in favor or another club in my bag that you almost always hit well as opposed to a club that I struggle with(3wood) that’s about as long as my 3 iron...

I loved the ts2: hit it on the launch monitor and was very happy with all the numbers. But I ended up buying the Ping G410 plus because it was better across the board for me: and that was due mostly to the shafts that were available with it. But I paid over $300 for my new driver...

1) Guys playing the wrong tees: dudes always want to play the tips but if your driver doesn’t carry 275 what are you doing back there? 2) People screaming for near misses: save your screams/yells for hole-outs: I’m teeing off 20 yards from you when your group erupts due to someone scaring the hole... 3) Not being ready to hit when it’s your turn 4) taking too much time to put: there better be at least $100 on this putt that you’ve backed off4 times while I wait in the fairway.. I do listen to music while I play, but always on headphones, and not so loud that I can’t converse with my playing partners.

Broke 80 please: hopefully I can ask for a broke 70 this season! Also, an "Albatross Club" badge would be cool since I got one last year and have discovered that they're way more rare than a hole in one. * *Only someone without a hole in one would make this remark...

Lol one of the benefits of living way above sea level, my friend!

I’ve been a 5 wedge convert for a full season now (PI, 50, 52, 56, 60) and I don’t think I’ll go back: But now I have a gap between my Driver (285) and my 3 iron (235) that makes me think eventually I’ll have to give up a wedge for a 2 iron or a 3 wood...

I I didn’t like how they looked either, but I’ll be damned if I didn’t pick up 10 yards of carry over my GBB epic when I switched to the G410 plus last month. It’s turned my biggest liability ( driver tee shots) into an asset!

Right? As I’ve improved/ bought new clubs it’s gotten worse... turns out my AP3 set (4-PI) is 2 degrees stronger than my old set, creating a super awkward 20 yard gap between my pitching wedge and my 50 degree: I’m gonna get a 48 degree sm8 and ditch the 50 I think ...

Might be your shaft....

I’m in favor of driver fittings: I did a lot of research on my own, tried all the new drivers at the local expo, and eliminated a couple before getting on the launch monitor. First to go was the TaylorMade SIM and Cleveland. (TaylorMade clubs all sound like a gun going off to me) After hitting them all with no data, I had them ranked 1 Titleist TS2 (was 90% sure this was what I was gonna buy) 2 Callaway Mavrik( I was already gaming a GBB epic) 3 Cobra speed zone ( wasn’t on my radar before but it launched great and had a muted sound which I like) 4 Ping G410 (thought it was a little loud at impact but launch and feel were amazing) The launch monitor was eye opening: Ts2 was middle of the pack on all stats Mavrik produced my longest drive but also my worst misses Cobra was way too much spin and some nasty hooks Ping was the clear winner: best launch, best spin, most carry, highest avg drive by 10 yards! I did all that more or less by myself, the fitter really earned his cut when it came to picking a shaft: I never realized how different 2 “stiff” shafts from 2 different manufactures could be! In the end, I went with the evenflow 6.0 stiff and my driving stats are improving rapidly!

It was getting to the point last year where I would just hit 4 iron off the tee if the hole wouldn’t hoId a 2 way miss: and giving up 50 yards on an approach shot was driving my GIR % down too. Keeping it in play is a handicap game -changer!

I replaced my 3 wood (Callaway rogue) with a Titleist U-510 3 iron this year: I just hit irons better! Doesn’t matter the lie or off a tee: the 3 iron is longer, more forgiving, and more workable: I am launching it lower and seeing a lot more roll-out, but my 3 wood had that too. For me I just couldn’t make my normal aggressive swing with a 3-wood without hooking it left : and backing off to keep it in play made it play like my 4 iron.

I bought a Ping G410 plus 2 weeks ago after hitting it and all the other new drivers(Titleist, Taylormade, Cobra, Calloway) and it was longest, least spinny, and highest launching: so with it also being $100 less than the others I tested, I was happy to buy it. After 5 rounds: Fairways hit: up to 7.7 from 5.7 Penalties from hitting driver OB: down to .5 per round from 2 GIR: up 2.5% (43.5 - 39.9) avg Old drive(GBB epic 10.5) 274 yards avg New drive : 284 yards